Citizens of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, were recently treated to an alien sight along its beach shore: a blanket of thousands of pearly orbs strewn about the sand. The orbs, it turns out, ...

There’s no doubt about it – animal reproduction can get downright bizarre. Nature doesn’t always follow the rules we expect, and sometimes it veers straight into the realm of the absurd. Take, for ...

If you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand. This giant carnivorous gastropod pushes 5-millimeter-wide eggs out of a pore just below its ...

Apple snails can sicken humans if they are eaten raw or undercooked. Their egg masses also contain a toxin which can cause skin and eye rashes. The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been ...

Everything about our next invasive species could probably be summed up with the word "gross." From its huge size (as large as a softball) to the thousands of slimy pink egg cases it leaves behind, to ...

A lot of plants and animals on the endangered list are there because of invasive species, at least in part. One of those culprits is the apple snail, of which there are multiple species under the ...

From time to time, people will bring snail shells in to the UF/IFAS Extension Flagler County office in Bunnell for us to identify. One snail sometimes found in and around storm water swales is the non ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources ...

(WGHP) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced on Monday that Apple Snails are being seen in North Carolina. The harmful invasive aquatic species was identified along the Lumber River in ...